Garment-stand



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WIH. KNA'PP.

GARMENT STAND.

No.,373,988. Patented Nov. 29, 1887,

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W. I-I. KNAPP. GARMENT STA-ND.

Patented Nqv. 29, 1887.

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W. H. KNA-PP.

GARMENT STAND.

No. 373,988. atented Nov. 29, 1887.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. KNAPP, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES L. KNAPP, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,988, dated November 29, 1887.

Application filed May 4, 1887. Serial No. 237,139. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. KNAPP, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new Improvement in Garment-Stands; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection With accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute-part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a side view of the stand complete; Fig. 2,a vertical central section enlarged, showing the neck adjustment and the brace adjustment; Fig. 3, a top viewin the closed position. Fig. 4 illustrates the expansion of the segments by the rotation of the disks.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of garment-stands which are made expansible to adapt the stand to garments of various sizes, the object of the invention being a cheap construction with simple and quick adjustment.

A represents a central tubular post, which is supported upon legs at the bottom, of any desirable form. Within the tubular post A a spindle, B, is arranged to slide up and'down, so as to be adjustable to various heights, and is set at any desired point by means of a collar, 0, provided with a set-screw, D, by which it may be bound to the spindle B, and so that the collar resting on the upper end of the post A will support the spindle at that elevation. To the upper end of the spindle a head, E, is fixed, by which the spindle may be rotated. Aroundthe upper end of the spindle, below the head, is a sleeve, F, loose on the spindle, but supported thereon, say, by a pin, G, transversely through the spindle. To this sleeve the adjustable neck is applied. This adjust-- able neck is illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. It consists of two concentric plates, 11 and I, one above the other, the lower one made fast to the sleeve F, so that each may have a rotation around the same axis independent of the other and in parallel planes. The rim sur- 7 rounds the disks and, as here represented, is

composed of four segments, J, K, L, and M. These segments are each connected by a link, N, to the lower disk, the link being'hung to the segment near one end, as at a, and extends diagonally to the lower disk, where each is hung to the disk bya pivot, 12. From the opposite end of each segment a link, 0, extends in the opposite direction to the other disk. H. These links 0 are hung at the outer end to the segments, as at c, the links each crossing the links N and hung upon apivot, d, on theother disk, I.

As here represented, the segments in the closed position, Fig. 3, form a complete circle. In so closing, the links pass in between the two disks. When one segment is drawn outward, the tendency is to bring the pivots by which its links are connected to the segments together, the result of which is to rotate one disk in one direction and the other disk in the opposite direction, as indicated in Fig. 4. This rotation of the disks forces all the seg ments outward, because the disks impart to the segments the same movement which the disks receive from the drawing out of one segment.

The movement of all the segments is equal and simultaneous. It one segment be forced inward, then a rotation of both disks in the opposite directions is produced, which draws the other segments inward until the complete closed position, as seen in Fig. 3, is reached. The segments are firmly supported by their connection with the disk and may be adjusted to any position from their extreme inward to theirextremeoutwardmovements. The move ment may be imparted to the segments by turning the disks, but the most natural movement in a garment-stand is to take hold of 'one' segment to make the adjustment of all the segments, and when the proper adjustment is reached a nut, P, on the slide F, which is correspondingly screw-threaded, may be forced down upon the disks and clamp them together,

so as to hold the segments to the position to but in so securing, one leg, e, of one rib is se- IOO cured to one segment, as M, Fig. 1. The other leg, f, is secured to the next adjacent segment,

ward from the bend and fixed to the segmenh.

The ribs are thrown outward to expand the frame, and this is done by means of a collar, 1%, adjustable on the spindle B, preferably by means of a screw-threaded portion, S, of the spindle,theeollarbeingeorrespondiuglyscrewthreaded. To this collar braces T are hung by one end, the braces extending downward. The other end is hung to a bar, Z, across the respective ribs, the said bars connecting the two legs of each rib. If the spindie be turned in one direction it will force the collar downward, and consequently expand the frame. If the spindle be turned in the opposite direc tion, it will draw the collar upward, and consequently contract the frame.

The ribs made of U shape, as I have described, are strong, may be made of very light material, and yet possess sufficient strength for the purpose. I

I have represented the adjusting device as applied to the skirtportion ofa garment-stand; butit may be applied atany point where the radial expansion is desirable.

The disks with their links and segments may be employed for many purposes where radial expansion is desirable. I do not, therefore, wish to be understood as limiting this part of my invention to garment-stands.

I claim- 1. The combination of two concentric disks, a spindle forming a common axis for said two disks and upon which they may independently rotate,'two or more segments'surrounding said disks, a link hinged by one end to each segment and extending diagonally in a plane parallel with said disks, hung by the other end to one disk, the other link hinged by one end to said segment and running diagonally in the opposite direction, but in a plane parallel with said disks, hung by the other end to the other disk, substantially as described,

2. In a garinent'stand, the combination of a neck composed of several adjustable segments, ribs of U shape extending from said segments, one leg of the U secured in one segment and the other leg of the same U secured in the next adjacent segments vertical spindle within said segment, a vertically-adjustable collar on said spindle, and braces extending radially from said spindle and hung to the respective ribs, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of a vertical spindle, B, a sleeve, F, loose on said spindle, two concentric disks, H I, one fixed to said sleeve and the other loose thereon, two or more segments substantially concentric with said disks, links N O, hung by one end to each segment, the said links running diagonally in a plane parallel with each other and with said disks, said links crossing each other,secu red by their other end, one to one of said disks and the other to the other disk, U-shaped ribs extending from said segments, one leg, 6, of the ribs secured to one segment and the other leg, f, to the next adjacent segment, and a vertically-adjustable collar, R. on said spindle, with braces extending from said collar to said ribs, substantially as described. i

\VlLLI AM H. KNAPP.

\Vitnesses:

LESLIE E. SPooK, FRANK H. Pnnsoxs. 

